Nikon and NIKKOR are registered trademarks of Nikon Corporation ©2014 Inc. registered Nikon and NIKKOR are Just One More | 62nd Annual | 2014 YEAR IN PICTURES Just One More | 62nd Annual 2014 JUST ONE MORE Press Photographers Association of Greater Los Angeles INVEST IN A NEW PERSPECTIVE For 80 years, NIKKOR lenses have set the standard for sharpness and craftsmanship. That’s why there’s nothing like a Nikon camera with a genuine NIKKOR lens. Explore Nikon’s full line of legendary NIKKOR lenses. nikonusa.com/nikkor START HERE!& 3$8.)++/2MMF's!& 3$8.)++/2 MMF '%$62 !& 3.)++/2 MMF '%$62s!& 3.)++/2 MMF '%$62 !& 3-ICRO .)++/2MMF'%$ 62nd Annual | 2014 YEAR IN PICTURES Book_Cover.indd 1 9/24/15 11:48 AM Elizabeth Kreutz Canon sports photojournalist since 2001 Elizabeth Kreutz was covering one of the world’s most important cycling events from the back of a motorcycle when rainy conditions caused her driver to crash. Everyone was okay, but Liz’s Canon EF 70-200mm lens wasn’t. She immediately reached out to her CPS rep and he arranged to have a Canon pro rep hand deliver her a replacement lens the next day, saving the rest of her shoot. This is the kind of support that Liz and thousands of professional photographers rely on and expect from Canon service, support and education. FAST REPAIR DEDICATED PRO PRO EDUCATION TURNAROUND TECH SUPPORT & TRAINING Watch Liz’s video and learn more about Canon Service & Support at pro.usa.canon.com/supportmatters Canon is proud to have Elizabeth Kreutz as part of this campaign. © 2015 Canon U.S.A., Inc. All rights reserved. Canon is a registered trademark of Canon Inc. in the United States and may also be a registered trademark in other countries. 1 Pages.indd 1 9/24/15 10:44 AM Canon CPS_Kreutz 9x12 Ad_JOM.indd 1 9/4/15 10:40 AM 2014 BOARD OF DIRECTORS Press Photographers Association of Greater Los Angeles JUST ONE MORE 62nd Edition Images of 2014 by members of the Press Photographers Association of Greater Los Angeles Kirk McKoy Jim Ober Diandra Jay Gerard Burkhart Vice President Treasurer Secretary Education Chair Publisher: Press Photographers Association of Greater Los Angeles Book Chairman: Peter Levshin Designer: Khai Le David Seger Robyn Beck Ringo Chiu Nancy Newman Editor: Video Co-Chair Still Photo Co-Chair Special Projects Special Projects Khai Le Associate Editor: Jim Ober Bonnie Burrow Copyright © 2015 All rights reserved. No part of John McCoy Louis Gabriele Khai Le Jason Wittman this book may be reproduced Media Access Special Projects Social Media/Web Alternate or used in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photo copying, recording, or by any information storage or retrieval system without permission in writing from the publisher. Number 62 in a series of “Just Dave Fernandez One More” annuals published Chairman of the Board by the Press Photographers Association of Greater Los Special Thanks To Angeles. Press Photographers Assocation of Greater Los Angeles 501 W. Glenoaks, #655 Glendale, CA 91202 Rick Meyer Bob Riha Jr Membership Chair Media Access 2 Pages.indd 2 9/24/15 10:44 AM Table of Contents General News 4 Spot News 8 Video Spot News 14 Video General News 16 Fire 18 President’s Message Video Fire 22 Video Live Coverage 24 Hello and welcome to the 2014 edition of Just One More. Music & Performing Arts 26 Tis book represents the cream of the crop in Los Angeles Feature 30 area photojournalism. Afer you have perused the winning photographs and videos, I ask that you take a moment to Video Feature 36 review the list of PPAGLA Board members. Tese are the volunteers who are not only responsible for this book and Animal 38 the yearly banquet but the same ones who meet with law Video Animal 42 enforcement and court representatives to improve working conditions for you. Tey promote your organization to Portrait 44 students with critiques and portfolio reviews and they Andy Castle Award 50 will even grill you up a burger. So next time you are on assignment and cross paths with one of these board Sports Action 54 members….tell them ‘thanks’ for their help. Ask he or she what YOU can do to help. Afer all, the PPAGLA is YOUR Sports Feature 60 organization. You are what makes it great. Video Sports 66 It is my hope that you fnd inspiration in the images UCLA 68 and videos in this book. Inspiration that drives you to work Photo Essay 72 harder. To be more creative. To see things from a diferent angle and fnd motivation in the day-to-day routine. But Video In-Depth 78 mostly, to just make great pictures and videos. And of course, to enter those great pictures and videos in the contest next Video Multi-Camera 80 year! Get busy. Student Photojournalist of the Year 83 Your President, Photographer of the Year 88 Videographer of the Year 95 Paul Buck LA Area TV Station of the Year 96 Lifetime Achievement 98 2014 Membership Directory 100 3 Pages.indd 3 9/24/15 10:44 AM General News Sponsored by Old Farts Society Endowment Fund 1st Place | Ed Crisostomo| Orange County Register Surrounded by family, Rudy Coronado cries as he holds photos of his daughters. T ree children were found dead in their home, allegedly killed by their mother, Carol Coronado. More than 80 family members, friends and neighbors prayed at a vigil Wednesday night to honor the three girls . Detectives say there were several knives recovered at a bloody scene in Southern California. Los Angeles County Sherif ’s Lt. Dave Coleman says it’s not clear how the three girls, who ranged in age from 3 years to 2 months old, were killed. 4 Pages.indd 4 9/24/15 10:44 AM 2nd Place |Gina Ferazzi | Los Angeles Times Associate Pastor Mario Soto takes a moment to himself Friday morning while looking for an antique bell in the ruble of the sanctuary at Calvary Assembly church which burned to the ground in the evening on Cedar Street, May 16, in Escondido, California. Soto said he saw someone suspicious leaving the parking lot on a skateboard about 7pm. Within minutes the church was engulfed in fames. San Diego County has been battling a number of wildfres, many of suspicious origin. 3rd Place |Francine Orr | Los Angeles Times Cameron Mitchell, 26, looks for his family’s two cats aboard a breached 72 foot yacht named “Angelique,” just south of Ballona Creek in Playa del Rey on Feb. 27. Te ship ran aground in the early morning. Tree people and three dogs got of the boat safely afer it beached some time the previous night according to a sergeant at the sherif’s Marina del Rey Station. Two cats are thought to be on board. Te owner, Angie Rider-Mitchell, said the ship had run out of fuel. 5 Pages.indd 5 9/24/15 10:44 AM Thomas R Cordova | Daily Breeze / Press-Telegram Fire Assistant Chief Chris Rowe at a moment of silence with other fre and police department personal as Long Beach Police, Fire and the Mayor have a ceremony for 9/11 in front of the police and fre memorial in Long Beach CA on Sept. 11. Michael Goulding | Orange County Register One-year-old Gael Ramirez watches with some concern as his father, Roberto Ramirez, has ashes applied to his head at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church in Santa Ana. Roberto Ramirez said he and his son will be giving up television for Lent. 6 Pages.indd 6 9/24/15 10:45 AM Stan Lim | The Press Enterprise San Bernardino County Sherif’s Department Sgt. Dani Pineda, a member of the department’s honor guard, hangs his head during a prayer at the Highway Dedication Ceremony in honor of Jeremiah MacKay, on April 16 at Yucaipa Community Park. Detective Jeremiah MacKay was fatally wounded during a shootout with a murder suspect. A portion of State Highway Route 38 will be named afer him. Thomas R Cordova | Daily Breeze / Press-Telegram Afer speaking for his 3 minutes George Buzzetti walks away with his thumbs down as the Centinela Valley school board holds its second school board meeting since the scandal over Superintendent Jose Fernandez’s $663,000 compensation package erupted in early February in Lawndale. Te district is made up of four high schools in Hawthorne and Lawndale. 7 Pages.indd 7 9/24/15 10:45 AM Spot News 8 Pages.indd 8 9/24/15 10:45 AM 1st Place |Patrick Fallon | Freelance An LAPD motorcycle ofcer uses his baton to push back demonstrators as his colleagues detain a man during a rally against the Missouri grand jury’s decision to not indict Darren Wilson in his fatal shooting of Michael Brown and the LAPD’s fatal shooting of Ezell Ford, in Los Angeles on December 1. Ezell Ford, 25, was killed by police in Los Angeles on August 11 two days afer Michael Brown, 18, was shot dead by Darren Wilson, who has since resigned as a police ofcer in St. Louis. President Obama asked Congress on Monday for $263 million for the federal response to the civil rights upheaval in Ferguson, Missouri, and is setting up a task force to study how to improve modern-day policing. 9 Pages.indd 9 9/24/15 10:45 AM 2nd Place |Mike Mullen| Glendale News Press A young man weeps for his friend who lies dead in their car, as LA County frefghters extract him from the wreckage.